Nutty Pancakes and spicy chutney!

 
There's been quite a lot of happenings in my life for the past months..that I am not able to update my blog regularly.I have joined at my son's school as a Culinary teacher for the High Schoolers .Its been quite fun being with my kids even at school ;) In addition to my school work, my  Lip Smacking Classes  on Kerala Cooking  are in full progress on weekdays.
    A perfectly new environment..its been quite challenging to bring my horses on the right road.. trying to bring a balance at home and work.There was a Salad making competition at school which was between the 11th and 12th grades.The ideas that the kids came up was indeed a feast to the eyes.I am planning to post some of their recipes in my next post.So wait and watch out.:)
   Today's post is dedicated to my wonderful Culinary students of HRS.This was one of their nutty and spicy treats!

Peanut & Potato Pancakes with Coriander Chutney 

For the Pancakes

4tbsp of rice flour
2 small potatoes peeled and grated
1 big onion chopped
2 tbsps of roasted peanuts
salt to taste

Combine  all the ingredients with  about 3-4 tbsp of water in a bowl and mix well to make a dough.Divide into equal portioned balls.Heat a tawa.Smear oil on ur palms ,flatten the balls into thin circles and  cook on both sides on the tawa by drizzling  little oil .

For the Coriander Chutney

2 cups of coriander leaves chopped
1 cup grated coconut
4 green chillies
2-3 shallots
juice of 1 lemon
salt to taste

Combine all ingredients except for the lemon juice and grind into a smooth paste in a blender using very little water.Mix in the lemon juice,refrigerate and use with the pancakes.

The Monsoons have started in Munnar..enjoy the rain with hot pancakes and chutney!

Oats and Coconut cookies to sweeten a happy moment!

I have been trying to update my food court since last month and the moment to write out came today.It was a total hectic month with my kids down with sickness and the happy moment was a write up  on me in a magazine called FWD LIFE(march 2012 issue).Heres the link to the online issue of the magazine(page 58)http://www.fwdlife.in/emagazine/march2012.html

To celebrate this how about a cookie recipe?Its a very rich  Oats and Coconut  cookie recipe for my foodies to munch on..:D

Coconut and Oats Cookies

2 cups of all purpose flour

1 cup of dessicated coconut

1 cup of Cornflakes

2 cups of oats

780gms of sugar

1/2 kg of margarine

50 ml of honey

100ml milk(hot)

20g baking soda

3g baking powder

1 1/2 tsp of vanill aesssence

25g of glucose powder

25g of milk powder

1/2 cup of broken cashew nuts

Preheat oven to 170degree Celsius.

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix together.

In an other bowl mix margarine, sugar,honey till well blended.

Stir baking soda into the hot milk and blend it with the  margarine mix.Fold in the

dry ingredients  and make small balls.

Place them on  a baking tray and bake for about 25 minutes.

Let them cool and store in an airtight container.

Munch on your healthy cookies!